Railway-tie.



J. 1?. MCCONNELL.

RAILWAY TIB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1912.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

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RAILWAY-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1.11913.

Application led .fulyl-S, 1912. `Serial No. 709,677.

lle it known that I, JOHN F. MGCONNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oxford, in the county of Benton and State of Indiana, have/invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of

vwhich thc following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties,- and is designed particularly to construct a device of this nature which will l be so lformed that the tie can in no Waysink into the road bed, orin any way be worked out of place.' A A ,lt is-further designed. to providea means whereby lthe rails ma -be securedto the tie withoutthe use of the ordinaryspikes now in use, an'dfprovide a means whereby the same attaching mechanism may-be used several times in connection Awith new rails if desired. /H l' With the above and other objects in view,

V` this invention consists in the construction,

combination, and arrangement'of parts, all as hereinafter more fully deser1bed,c laimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is the top plan View. of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal i section thereof; Fi 3 is a perspective-view of one terminal of t e tie. Fig. 4 is a-fragmentary side elevation illustrating-a modifiedmeans of securing therai'l to the tie.

The tie forming the subject matter of the present invention .comprises a Sheet metal casing having the wallslthereof s'lo ing and bent outwardly at their terminalis. This construction revents the tie from sinking into the roadp bed from the wef ht of the trains passi thereover as does t e tie now in use. Spi es or other suitable means ierce openlngs formed in the flan es at the ower'terminals of the sloping wal s and secure ties against any lateral displacements.

teriah to .eliminatet-he ja-rs, etc.

i of for thereception one side lof the 4base of the rail, while opposite projection is provided with an angular depression'ata higher elevation than the opposite projection. This angular projection is adapted toreceive a blockconst-ructed of wood, .pa er fiber, or

wood liber, which is inserted etween the web of the rail and the projection; A similar block is interposed between theopposite side of the web of thc rail and the opposite projection. These vblocks are held in position by bolts which pierce said projections and engage said blocks. -A depression is formed under thebase of each rail` 'for the reception-ofa block of wood-orother ma- Re'ference being had more particularly. to

the drawing, 10 indicates generally-a'sheet metal casing having the flattened bearing A horizontal flange 13is formed along the lower longitudinal sideV of each wall 1 2, each flange bing pierced by an opening 14 ateach terminal thereof. Spikes `or other suitable fastening means 15 pierce the openings 14 and engage the road bed to prevent any lateral displacement of the tie.

In order to provide rigidityto the metal casing, and at the same ltime retain a certain resiliency, a wooden or fibrous filler 16' is lnserted between the sloping walls 12, and conforms in contour to the shape of the casing 10.

Formed onv the bearing surface 11, adjacent to each terminal thereof, are a pai'rfof lugs 1( and '18. These lugs are so' located .that a space 19 is formed therebetweenf'for the reception of the rail. The-'lug 18`is provided with a recess 20 at the lower' end thereof adjacent to the bearing surface 11,

, Ysurface 11 and outwardly sloping walls 12.

said recess forming a continuation of the.

space 19. A recess 21 is formed in the o posite projection 17 at anerlevation from t e' bearing surface 11, and has its inner wall thereof substantially parallel to the outer vside of the projection, and its lower surface horizontal. The walls of both of the projections 17 and 1Q' slope toward each other, while the, inner walls thereof are substan tially vertical. The rail, indicated generally as R, is located in the space 19in such a manner that one side of the base 22 rests in the depression of the projtion 18, while the opposite side of the base 22 rests against the inner wall of the opposite projection 17 .v

A pair of blocks k23 are interposed between @the projections 17 and 18 and theweb of the 'iail, theiblock 23 located 4adjacent to the projection 17, being received in the recess 21 of -said projection. These `blocks are retained in position by the. bolts 24 which pierce the projections and engage the block. Relative to the modification illustrated in.

Fig.' 4, the construction thereof is exactly similar to that illustrated in Fig. 2 with the exception that the depression 21 forming the projection 17 is eliminated, the'blocks simply beinginterposed between the'web'of the rail and the projection. t

I n order to minimize jars and the like, a depression 25 is formed in the -surface of the tie 11 between the lugs 17 and'18 directly under the base of each rail R, for the reception of a wooden papier-nich,etc., block 26.

It` \vill be understood that the angle of the inner walls `of the lugs 1 7 and 18 may be changed and other details of construction altered without departing in vany manner `from thespirit of the-present invention.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and .desire to secure by U. SiiLetters Patent, is

l. -A structure of the'class described, comprising a tie having a pair of spaced projections formed therein, said projections forming a channel to receive the web and d base franges of a rail, one of said projections being recessed adjacent the tie, the other projection being recessed adjacent .its .upper edge, blocks positioned within the channel and adapted to bear against the rail, and fastening means extending through said .v

projections into the blocks.

2. The combination with a tie having -a Vpair of spaced projections formed thereon,

of a rail poslt-ioned wit-hin the channel foi-ined by saidI projections, one of the prod jections being longitudinally grooved adjacent the tie for the vreception of oneof the base flanges of the rail, an interior Wall of l the other projection being vrecessed adjacent fitted within said channel and threaded bolts u working through alined openings 4fori'ned in the projections and blocks.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signati-ire in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANKLIN MecoNNicLL.

iVit-nesses Biiri'ioN C. Gammes, hVICTOR A. MCCONNELL.

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Washington, nic." 

